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REDD+ on the ground

REDD+ on the ground

Focali researcher Eskil Mattsson co-edit new case book by CIFOR on how REDD+ work on the ground.

New Era in the Fight Against Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Opportunities to Improve Policy Effectiveness

New Era in the Fight Against Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Opportunities to Improve Policy Effectiveness

In a new policy brief from SEI Focali researchers Javier Godar and Toby Gardner look at why deforestation policies in Brazil, after a decade of success, are now stalling. This brief continues to propose new strategies for decision-makers to yet again increase the effectiveness of forest conservation.

Trading Forests: Quantifying the Contribution of Global Commodity Markets to Emissions from Tropical Deforestation

Trading Forests: Quantifying the Contribution of Global Commodity Markets to Emissions from Tropical Deforestation

Focali researchers release working paper "Trading Forests: Quantifying the Contribution of Global Commodity Markets to Emissions from Tropical Deforestation" with Center for Global Development.

Have Brazil’s deforestation policies hit the limits of their effectiveness?

Have Brazil’s deforestation policies hit the limits of their effectiveness?

In a SEI news story Focali researchers Toby Gardner and Javier Godar describe their findings from a study on Brazil's deforestation.

Article by Focali researchers about ”emission omissions” published in International Innovation

Article by Focali researchers about ”emission omissions” published in International Innovation

In the article the Focali researchers Madelene Ostwald, Martin Persson and Sabine Henders describe their efforts to improve understanding relating to the phenomenon of carbon leakage from displacement of agricultural and forestry activities. The three researchers are involved in different research projects related to climate change, land use change, forest conservation, carbon leakage and emissions embodied in trade e.g. the “REDDleaks” project.

To leak or not to leak?: Land-Use Displacement and Carbon Leakage from Forest Conservation

To leak or not to leak?: Land-Use Displacement and Carbon Leakage from Forest Conservation

Focali researcher Sabine Henders successfully defended her PhD thesis on deforestation and land use displacement at Linköping University the 27th of March.

WCA Poster presentation: Human security or resilience? The role of trees for climate change adaptation in the Burkina Faso parklands

WCA Poster presentation: Human security or resilience? The role of trees for climate change adaptation in the Burkina Faso parklands

The Focali researchers Jenny Friman and Per Knutsson will present a poster at the World Congress of Agroforestry in India 10-14th of February. The poster is based on research findings, from their ongoing research about the role of trees for climate change adaptation in the Burkina Faso parklands.

Making two parallel land-use sector debates meet: Carbon leakage and indirect land-use change

Making two parallel land-use sector debates meet: Carbon leakage and indirect land-use change

New article, published in Land Use Policy, written by the Focali researchers Madelene Ostwald and Sabine Henders

New article: The Chinese Grain for Green Programme - Assessing the carbon sequestered via land reform

New article: The Chinese Grain for Green Programme - Assessing the carbon sequestered via land reform

The article is written by the Focali researcher Madelene Ostwald together with Martin Persson, Jesper Moberg and Jintao Xu

Forest cover change in Sri Lanka: The role of small scale farmers

Forest cover change in Sri Lanka: The role of small scale farmers

Eskil Mattsson has together with the geography student Sara Lindström written an article about forest cover change in relation to small scale farmers in Sri Lanka. The article is published in the journal Applied Geography.

Grass: from local pastures to global energy markets in eastern Tanzania

Grass: from local pastures to global energy markets in eastern Tanzania

Book chapter about local consequences of biofuel production in Tanzania

REDD+ readiness implications for Sri Lanka in terms of reducing deforestation

REDD+ readiness implications for Sri Lanka in terms of reducing deforestation

An article by Eskil Mattsson, U. Martin Persson, Madelene Ostwald, S.P. Nissanka published in Journal of Environmental Management.

Conserve or convert? Pan-tropical modeling of REDD–bioenergy competition

Conserve or convert? Pan-tropical modeling of REDD–bioenergy competition

An article in Biological Conservation by Martin Persson

Biofuels Baseline 2008

Biofuels Baseline 2008

A report that serves as a baseline for the follow-up of the EU bioenergy directive

Tenure security interventions in Cambodia

Tenure security interventions in Cambodia

An article by Robin Biddulph published in the journal Geografiska Annaler.

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